DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



77 



CROPPING LIST, 1S32. 



Crop. 



j Oats and ex- ) 

 I periments.. \ 

 Pasture 



Hay 



Corn 



Pasture. 

 Hay 



Wheat... 



Corn, roots,"] 

 8, mil- ! 



potatoes, 

 let, and 

 I, garian grass 



let, and Hun- [ 



Wheat. 



Pasture. 

 Pasture. 

 Hay 



Pasture. 



Quantity. 



I IS tons straw, 733 

 j bui " 



sh 

 44.67 tons 



48.235 tons 



5 24 tons straw 821 ) 

 j bush i 



20 tons straw, 654 bu. 



9.957 tons. 



Cost 



S140 86 



42 11 

 219 83 



42 43 

 169 02 



179 59 

 230 97 



17 27 



Rate per 

 Acre. 



Sll 74 



2 05 

 7 95 



1 87 



7 14 



8 10 



9 76 



1 73 



Remarks. 



Experimental crops not 

 given here. 



I Timotliy and clover / 

 I of exce'llent quality, j 

 Hathaway Dent. 



Clover and timothy. 

 Clawson. 



The wheat grew on | 

 13 acres. Balance of >• 

 field not plowed. ) 



THE FARM. 



The farm embraces 676 acres. It is crossed, towards its southern boundary, 

 by the Grand Trunk and Detroit & Northern railroads. Eighty acres on the 

 north side are embraced in the campus, lawns, vegetable gardens, and or- 

 chards, and are managed by the Horticultural Department. The nearly 600 

 acres remaining are in charge of the Farm Department. About 300 acres 

 have been cleared, leaving some 300 acres of timber still on the farm. Of 

 the 300 cleared, only about 190 acres have been plowed ; the remaining por- 

 tion is in woodland pasture. Quite a large portion of this is low, and must 

 be drained to be of value. It is being cleared of stumps as fast as practica- 

 ble, and a portion of it will soon come under the plow. The improved land 

 has been tile drained, and is now in condition to be tilled to good advantage. 

 The soil is largely clay, and may be considered as good wheat and grass land. 



CROPS. 



On the 167 acres of improved land the following crops have been raised this 

 season, 1882 : 42 acres of wheat, yielding 1,475 bushels — 35 bushels per acre ; 

 12 acres of oats, yield 733 bushels — acre average, 61 bushels; 51 acres of 

 meadow, giving 102.85 tons of hay, or two tons per acre; 12 acres were ap- 

 propriated to experimental crops referred to elsewhere; 5 acres to roots, which 

 promise well but are not harvested at this writing; nearly 50 acres of 

 corn, estimated at 2,000 bushels. The season has all in all been a very favor- 

 able one, and our labors have been rewarded with abundant harvests. 



With the improvements in buildings, implements, and live stock, and the 

 farm fixtures in good condition, we are furnished with excellent facilities for 

 the practical work of the Department. 



AGRICULTURAL CLASS KOOM. 



The need of a good class room, properly arranged and furnished, has been 

 a felt want by this department. To teach practical agriculture in the class 

 room with success, demands facilities for illustration and appliances for their 

 use quite as much as in other departments. The State Board of Agriculture 



